Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 173 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 47% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6034.01 on Sunday, March 22nd, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 21, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 50.99 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.91% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 259,745 acre feet

This is 137.61% of the average of 188,753 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 123,598 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 122,472 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 136,147 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 268.66% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 103.19% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.17 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 13.57 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.83 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
6034.01
0.14
999,096
1223
259
77.7
45.0
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
6033.87
0.12
997,694
1061
260
86.5
37.9
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6033.75
0.11
996,493
1208
259
83.3
39.4
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6033.64
0.07
995,393
807
259
79.2
33.1
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6033.57
0.08
994,694
1027
259
77.9
35.1
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6033.49
0.06
993,895
925
259
71.1
32.2
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6033.43
0.09
993,296
1095
279
58.1
27.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6033.34
0.04
992,399
866
302
46.8
28.0
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
6033.30
0.02
992,000
604
303
70.0
30.9
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6033.28
0.05
991,801
816
303
67.3
33.4
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6033.23
0.02
991,302
715
301
64.6
29.3
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
6033.21
0.02
991,103
575
303
62.4
34.9
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
6033.19
0.01
990,904
715
302
68.9
30.9
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
6033.18
0.03
990,805
818
305
67.3
28.6
Averages of List
6033.46
0.06
993,634
889.6
282.4
70.1
33.3

Averages for March 22nd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6048.10
-14.09
1,212,048
1615.47
940.79
63.06
33.43
All-Time
6033.33
0.68
1,099,163
1523.25
934.47
63.06
33.43

Last 10 March 22nd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 22, 2025
6036.18
-2.17
1,021,038
311
424
63.5
30.2
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
6041.41
-7.40
1,075,536
527
350
61.9
45.8
Wed, Mar 22, 2023
6023.03
10.98
893,653
4552
278
48.0
32.2
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
6017.80
16.21
846,700
319
335
58.0
28.0
Mon, Mar 22, 2021
6033.39
0.62
1,043,050
262
409
54.0
34.0
Sun, Mar 22, 2020
6055.87
-21.86
1,296,159
631
445
54.0
31.0
Fri, Mar 22, 2019
6021.23
12.78
923,296
1651
287
62.0
35.0
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
6051.27
-17.26
1,240,549
456
324
71.0
35.0
Wed, Mar 22, 2017
6065.20
-31.19
1,415,395
5248
989
72.0
43.0
Tue, Mar 22, 2016
6066.45
-32.44
1,432,107
1079
430
70.0
41.0
Averages of List
6041.32
-7.31
1,120,228
1292
458
55.7
33.3


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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